State Minister in the Ministry of Health and Wellness, Hon. Juliet Cuthbert-Flynn, has hailed the work and partnership of Jamaica AIDS Support for Life (JASL) in the national HIV/AIDS response. Speaking at the JASL’s public forum held on Tuesday (November 30) at The Jamaica Pegasus hotel in New Kingston, the State Minister said that the organisation has provided 30 years...

Another 383 primary schools have been approved for the next phase of face-to-face learning. This was disclosed by Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams, during the sitting of the House of Representatives on November 30. “These schools are our larger primary schools, some with their enrolment above 630, while others are occupying 80 per cent or more...

The Tourism Enhancement Fund (TEF) will be spending approximately $1 billion to upgrade the Hip Strip, located along Jimmy Cliff Boulevard in Montego Bay, St. James. “We are going to upgrade the entire Hip Strip from the roundabout at KFC straight to Dead End [Beach]. We are spending $1 billion for the upgrading,” said Chairman of the entity, Godfrey Dyer....

  NEW CASES 24 HRS OVERALL Confirmed Cases 23 91,272 SEX CLASSIFICATION     Females 19 51,927 Males 4 39,342 Under Investigation 0 3 AGE RANGE 1 year to 85 years 1 day to 108 years       PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF CASES     Clarendon 2 4,918 Hanover 0 2,959 Kingston & St. Andrew 7 22,551 Manchester 1 5,963...

The Transformation Implementation Unit (TIU) will be seeking Cabinet approval for the establishment of the Shared Corporate Services Department, following the successful pilots of Human Resource (HR) Management and Internal Audit Shared Services. This was revealed by the Executive Director, TIU, Maria Thompson Walters, at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) ‘Think Tank’ held at the agency’s head office in...

Students from several rural schools across the island are to benefit from a donation of 100 tablets by the Toll Authority of Jamaica. The devices were provided under the Ministry of Education, Youth and Information’s ‘One Laptop or Tablet Per Child’ initiative, which aims to facilitate equity in access to technologies needed for students to be integrated in virtual learning,...

The three commissions responsible for regulating Jamaica’s gambling industry have taken steps to strengthen the culture of integrity, cement the standards of good governance and combat corruption in their organisations. They are the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries Commission (BGLC), Jamaica Racing Commission (JRC) and the Casino Gaming Commission (CGC). Staff of these entities recently completed training delivered by the Integrity...